Word: mikes
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...Mike Hamilton, EL PASO, TEXAS...
...considered my sister Lisa and her husband Mike for quite a while, since they live in a nice suburb in a homemade-soap-filled home and share a lot of our beliefs. But that guy watches an awful lot of gore movies, and he laughs at them. And they bicker a lot, and I'm defining bicker broadly enough to include discussions between opposing players in NBA games. Plus, they don't want kids, which is a big consideration when you're giving someone...
...trying to figure out which governmental bodies - the Fed, the FDIC or a newly created entity - should have the power to dissolve and resell large banks that fail, an issue that has split not just the two parties but the Administration and top regulators. Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Crapo are tackling new regulation for corporate governance that would try to impose checks on risk-taking CEOs and their weak boards. And Rhode Island's Jack Reed and New Hampshire's Judd Gregg have the thorny issue of regulating the complex derivatives trades that some blame for excessive leveraging that...
...During the dinner party that opens the movie, the couple's pompous writer friend Sam (Mike Binder) hoists his glass to Pippa and describes her as still an enigma after 25 years of friendship. Sam's sense of Pippa as enigma probably has a lot to do with the fact that she's never been interested in sleeping with him, but he raises a fair point. Pippa and Herb recently moved from New York to a cloistered Connecticut retirement community, and the high point of Pippa's day is monitoring Herb's blood pressure. Most women in their...
...shoppers who preordered books on their websites. Similar price battles have been launched in toys and electronics, with Walmart's chief merchandising officer, John Fleming, proclaiming, "We're going to be the price leader for this holiday season." Best Buy's executive vice president of customer operating groups, Mike Vitelli, says his company will match competitors "dollar for dollar." (See 10 big recession surprises...